Club Django Toronto

Music of 1930s Paris Gets a A Strong Workout "Instead of forking out thousands to fly to Europe in search of winter chic, you could have saved a buck or two by browsing midtown’s Cumberland Street on Saturday. You would have been drawn to the venerable Pilot, where the music of 1930s Paris was getting an industrial-strength workout from a Toronto band bent on replicating the sound of the Hot Club de France, which became the European band of its time, featuring the immeasurable talents of guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli. Many a band ploughs this noble furrow, but the Club Django Sextet certainly gets into the spirit of music now known generally as gypsy swing

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Music of 1930s Paris Gets a A Strong Workout "Instead of forking out thousands to fly to Europe in search of winter chic, you could have saved a buck or two by browsing midtown’s Cumberland Street on Saturday. You would have been drawn to the venerable Pilot, where the music of 1930s Paris was getting an industrial-strength workout from a Toronto band bent on replicating the sound of the Hot Club de France, which became the European band of its time, featuring the immeasurable talents of guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli. Many a band ploughs this noble furrow, but the Club Django Sextet certainly gets into the spirit of music now known generally as gypsy swing. The group, warmly received by a crowd more familiar with smaller assemblies playing bop and modern modal mainstream, achieved lift-of early with “All Of Me”, Honeysuckle Rose” and “It Don’t Mean A Thing” and a host of tunes penned by the master (“Daphne”, “Douce Ambiance”, Minor Swing”, with its slick chorus swaps, “Swing Guitar”, “Stompin’ at Decca”. They turned in a lively show that took the chill out of a cold afternoon." (Geoff Chapman, Music Critic, The Toronto Star, Monday December 11, 2000)

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